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Ease Draft One Pain – Critique Partners, and a tool!

November 12, 2020 cheryl

Last night we had a zoom meeting of our local novel group, a sub-group of Dean Writers Circle. Right now,…

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Posted in: self publishing, Writing tips Filed under: draft one, drafting, editing, novel review, writing groups

Show not tell – the best explanation yet

June 12, 2020 cheryl
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As a writer, this mantra of show not tell is drummed into you repeatedly and I often find myself the…

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Posted in: Writing tips Filed under: editing, emotions, writing

Verbal tics and ‘weasel’ words in writing

November 29, 2019 cheryl 2 Comments

I think of ‘weasel’ words as a subset of verbal tics, so I’ll start with the bigger picture. Verbal tics…

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Posted in: Writing tips Filed under: editing, then that so, words to avoid in writing

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